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Dodgers Have A Tough Act To Follow

Can the Dodgers follow Andre Ethier's walk-off heroics last night with a victory tonight?  There have been ten previous walk-off wins for the Dodgers, and they are 5-5 the next game.  Two of the wins (May 2 and June 6) were yet another walk-off.

Tonight's pitching matchup is a rematch of Sunday night's contest in AtlantaChad Billingsley vs. Jair Jurrjens.  The Dodgers won that game 9-1, but Billingsley was forced to leave early with a right leg cramp.  Although not necessarily planned, Billingsley's right arm may have received some added rest over the last few weeks.  His last four starts represent his four lowest pitch counts of the season.

Earlier today, we looked at how the Dodgers fared over the first two-thirds of the season.  Through those first 108 games (game 109 was Thursday night), 24-year old Matt Kemp was on pace for 95 runs and 104 RBI.  In all of Dodger history, here are the seasons by a Dodger 24 or younger with at least 90 runs and 90 RBI:

Player Age Year Runs RBI
Oyster Burns 24 1889 105 100
Jimmy Sheckard     22 1901 116 104
Duke Snider 22 1949 100 92
Duke Sinder 23 1950 109 107
Duke Snider 24 1951 96 101
Tommy Davis 23 1962 120 153

Just by being mentioned with Duke Snider, Kemp must be doing something right.

One player the Dodgers missed in Atlanta was Braves' shortstop Yunel Escobar.  He is back healthy again, and even had a double and a walk in the series opener last night.  Escobar was rumored to be in a potential offseason trade for Jake Peavy, and its probably a good thing the Dodgers won't have to face Escobar 19 time per season.  The 26-year old is hitting .305/.368/.466 this season, good for a 120 OPS+, and a .362 wOBA.  Escobar ranks sixth among MLB shortstops in Wins Above Replacement (WAR).

Thirty years ago today, Manny Mota tied Smoky Burgess' record for career pinch hits.  Pinch hitting for Ken Brett, Mota singled off Joe Sambito of the Astros for his 144th career pinch hit.  The eighth inning single was part of a rally that saw the Dodgers turn an 8-4 deficit into a 10-8 win.  The 41-year old Mota hit .357/.400/.357 in 47 plate appearances for the Dodgers in 1979.  All 15 of his hits that year were singles, tied for the seventh most hits ever by a Dodger with no extra-base hits.

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Lineups

Dodgers
Furcal, SS
Ethier, RF
Manny, LF
Blake, 3B
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
Martin, C
Hudson, 2B
Bills P

Braves
McLouth CF
Prado 2B
Chipper 3B
McCann C
Anderson LF
Escobar SS
LaRoche 1B
Church RF
Jurrjens P

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 4:01 PM PDT reply actions  

it looks like the giants claim alex rios… they have improved their offense the past few weeks

by matthewmafa on Aug 7, 2009 4:08 PM PDT reply actions  

I think every once in a while, someone like Kershaw should be put in waivers, just as an exercise to gauge the other GMs. If anything less than 29 claims come in for him, you try to work other deals with the GM or GMs that didn’t claim him. :)

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Doesn't the worst team in the league get first crack at him?

So I guess the Nats grabbed him. Imagine Strasburg AND Kershaw??

by silverwidow on Aug 7, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

They place a player on waivers, and there is a period (not sure how long, maybe 48 hours) when everyone puts in claims. Then it is determined if multiple claims were made which team gets him.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Assuming they sign Stasburg :)

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

I’m way too anxious for the other half of the Abreu transaction. It pretty much has to relate to Schmidt, but I’m building this up in my mind like the dunk over Lebron video.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 4:27 PM PDT reply actions  

Abreu is not on the 40 man right?

I guess there is a small chance it doesn’t involve Schmidt. Abreu is placed on 40 man which was vacated by unloading Vargas and McDonald or Elbert is sent down to make space.

by Michael White on Aug 7, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh okay

so in that case Abreu can simply be moved to the 25 man by sending down McDonald or Elbert.

Not necessarily a reason Schidt has to be linked then.

by Michael White on Aug 7, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

The reason I think it is about Schmidt (heh) is because of this quote from Rawitch:

Not sure if the other half of the move is public yet, so I’ll refrain from posting here but I’m sure it’ll be in the news shortly.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

…and I’m probably reading way too much into the quote, but sending J-Mac or Elbert down doesn’t strike me as “news.”

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

No it doesn't

And it makes sense. You won’t need Stults till Monday for his start. So in the meantime, it makes sense to remove Schidt from the 25 man while still keeping your full stable of bullpen pitchers through the weekend.

by Michael White on Aug 7, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Vicente Padilla

Has been DFA. He would be a pretty good 5th starter for the dodgers

by matthewmafa on Aug 7, 2009 4:49 PM PDT reply actions  

He would be better than Schmidt, but I don’t think he’s any better than Stults, or Elbert or McDonald at this point.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Great Lakes Announcer just said that

Nate Eovaldi and Ethan Martin will only throw 3 innings every time they start for the rest of the season to keep their innings down in case they make the playoffs.

Also Aaron Miller 1st round pick in 09 goes 5 innings 3 hits 0 runs 6 Ks and he had 0 walks… only 62 pitches. Great start for him

by matthewmafa on Aug 7, 2009 5:22 PM PDT reply actions  

From Beto Duran.
DuranLA#Dodgers notes: Jason Schmidt to DL (shoulder) Tony Abreu up from AAA. Kuroda to start Monday, Elbert on Sunday.3 minutes ago from twidroid

by Tripon on Aug 7, 2009 6:11 PM PDT reply actions  

Elbert??!?!?!?

yesssss…. this is great news

by matthewmafa on Aug 7, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

CHIPPER SCRATCHED

Looks like the Dodgers will take another one from the Bravos tonight. Congrats. You guys better destroy the Phillies.

McLouth
Prado
Anderson
McCann
LaRoche
Escobar
Church
Johnson
Jurrjens

Heres our new lineup. Kelly Johnson cant hit $h!t. Just saying…

7/24/2009 - "The Phillies are too far ahead in the NL East for the Braves to make a run." - Buster Olney

REMEMBER THAT BOYS.

by Scott Coleman on Aug 7, 2009 6:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Thanks for the update.

by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

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Italics denote estimates
Pos No Player 2012 Salary
C 17 Ellis $500,000 team control
1B 7 Loney $6,375,000
2B 14 Ellis $2,500,000
3B 5 Uribe $8,000,000
SS 9 Gordon $485,000 team control
LF 21 Rivera $4,000,000
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RF 16 Ethier $10,950,000

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OF 10 Gwynn $850,000
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IF 12 Sellers $485,000 team control

SP 22 Kershaw $6,000,000
SP 58 Billingsley $9,000,000
SP 29 Lilly $12,000,000
SP 35 Capuano $3,000,000
SP 44
Harang $3,000,000

CL 54 Guerra $485,000 team control
RHP 74
Jansen $500,000 team control
RHP 55 Guerrier $4,750,000
RHP 60 Coffey $1,000,000
RHP 66 MacDougal $650,000
LHP 57 Elbert $485,000 team control
RHP 36
Hawksworth $500,000 team control

TJ 41 De La Rosa $485,000 team control



Manny $8,087,432 deferred


Andruw $3,375,000 deferred


Pierre $3,050,000 deferred
Furcal $3,000,000 deferred
Kuroda $2,000,000 deferred
Garland $1,500,000 option buyout
Blake $1,250,000 option buyout

Totals
$112,162,432

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Current 40-man roster count: 40
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33 John Grabow lhp
33
59 Angel Guzman rhp
30
47 Wil Ledezma lhp
31
72 Shane Lindsay rhp
27
62 Fernando Nieve rhp 29
73 Scott Rice lhp 30
70 Will Savage rhp
27
71 Ryan Tucker rhp
25
28 Jamey Wright rhp
37

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82 Griff Erickson c 24
81 Matt Wallachc 26
67 Jeff Baisley 3b/1b 29
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64 Lance Zawadzki if 27
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